Monday, July 27, 2009

run cake girl, run...

With the new school year approaching, I've been a very busy girl! In an effort to make my day a little easier and to appease Hayley who is utterly tired of seeing "Happy Easter" every time she checks my personal blog, :) I have decided to combine my personal blog with my emie cakes blog. I hope you don't mind...

Today's post has absolutely nothing to do with cakes. (Unless you count the fact that yesterday I baked and ate a substantial amount of butternut cake, which requires me to spend a lot of time on the treadmill.)

A while back, two very special ladies (aka "divas") began a program called Couch to 5K. I'd heard about the program before and even thought about starting it a time or two, but I always chickened out. Well, after seeing these two get motivated, I decided it was time to give it a try.

The C25K is a 5K training program that you can find at coolrunning Before I go any farther, let me say that I am NOT a runner! I've always admired those people who run to de-stress and to "clear their head"...me, I prefer to de-stress by watching Lifetime with a hand full of Oreos and a cold glass of milk! Even in school, I was always the one who finished the mile run at the back of the pack. (But hey, someone has got to be last!)

So about eight weeks ago I embarked on a 9 week journey to transform me from a (kinda) lazy and (somewhat) out of shape lady to someone who can run a 5K (That's 3.1 miles!)

Week 1 was great. Week 2 was okay. Then I fell off the wagon. I got sidetracked and missed a few days. Then, I started over and got to week 3. Week 3 kicked my booty so I went back to Week 2...bla, bla, bla...you get what I'm saying. It seemed like this one would go down in the book as something I never finished...

About two weeks ago, Teresa called to tell me about a 5K run at Disney's Animal Kingdom that just happened to be held during our family vacation in September. What?! That was the motivation that I needed! She signed us up and now I am (seriously) serious about finishing this program. Today I finished Week 3, which is farther than I have ever gone before! I'm expecting you all to hold me accountable...this is something I REALLY want to do!

I would still prefer to eat Oreos and watch Lifetime, but I'm starting to see the appeal of this running thing.

BTW, one of those "divas" who was only a week ahead of me when we first began is now getting ready to enter her 9th and FINAL week of training! Stacy E., I am SO proud of you!!! And Teresa, WE CAN DO THIS!!!

ok leeanne, the other day on facebook when i saw you write something about C25K i was like, holy moly...she is running a 25K!! i was wondering bc i have never heard of one before, and am so glad to know that after i stalked your blog tonight that i now know what you mean. anyways, good luck! you are going to do great!!